Torre Marangone [ Torri Costiere #9# ]

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Il cancello del Villaggio è sempre aperto. Chiedere il permesso per vedere (visitare non è possibile) la Torre in Segreteria/Direzione in cui non sempre si trova qualcuno.
The gate of the Village is always open. Ask for permission to see (to visit is not possible) the Tower in Segreteria/Direzione in which not someone is found always.

[ENG] Tower Marangone is located inside the 'Repubblica dei Ragazzi' of Civitavecchia, also named Villaggio del fanciullo. This Republic was founded in 1946 by Monsignor Carroll-Abbing together with Don Rivolta to welcome orphans and abandoned children in the first postwar period.
The tower under good conditions of maintenance belonged to the system of defense of the coastal Towers of the Lazio.
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The coastal towers are structures strengthened situated along the shores. In the past centuries, they developed functions of sighting, defense and offense, with the purpose to prevent and/or to oppose possible invasions from the sea, a lot of which were conducted by the Saracens.
In Italy, the coastal towers began to rise during the Middle Ages for a defensive strategy that spread in common way in the various states of the epoch.
The construction of the towers followed well precise criterions, because they had to be able to communicate with those more neighbors, through precise bright signals with the purpose to signal possible dangers coming from the sea. Their location was chosen so that to also have the best possible view toward the horizon, so that from the fortification the possible signals of alarm could be launched at the right moment